Playing Time Puzzle, $120M
You must roster exactly 14 hitters, adhering to the following restrictions.
Exactly one hitter must come from a different decade (i.e., 1880's, 1890's, …, 2010's)
Exactly one hitter must come from each of the following PA/162 bands. 750+
700-749
650-699
600-649
550-599
500-549
450-499
400-449
350-399
300-349
250-299
200-249
150-199
<149

You must roster exactly 11 pitchers with the following restrictions.
Exactly one pitcher must come from each of the following time periods:
(1885-99, 1900-19, 1920-39, 1940-49, 1950-59, 1960-69, 1970-79, 1980-89, 1990-99, 2000-09, 2010-14)

Exactly one pitcher must come from each of the following IP/162 bands.
280+
240-279
200-239
160-199
130-159
100-129
80-99
60-79
40-59
30-39
25-29

Other Specifics

DH: Yes

WW: No

AAA: No

Trades: No

Clones: No

Injuries: Turned On

Live: Not allowed

Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, $90MThis classic Clint Eastwood movie came out in 1966, so eligible years are from 1966-2014. Pick any three single-season teams during this period (they don't all have to be from the same season, but can be). One team must have a real-life winning% of .550+ (The Good), one team must have a winning% between .440 and .499 (The Bad) and the third team must have a winning% of .400 or lower (The Ugly). Build your roster using only players from those three teams. And to make things even tougher, there will be no 300K exception so make sure you have enough cheap scrubs to use. You must roster at least $20M of salary from each of your three teams.

Based on 162 games
The Good: .550+ equates to 90 wins or more
The Bad: .440 to .499 equates to 72-80 wins
The Ugly: .400 equates to 64 wins or fewer
(If a team played fewer than 162 games, then use the percentage for eligibility, not the wins)Other Specifics

Season: 1966-2014
DH: No

WW: No

AAA: No

Trades: No

Clones: No

Injuries: Turned On

Live: Not allowed

Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)

Dual Franchise, $110MPick any two franchises and build your roster using players from only those two franchises. You must spend at least $50 million on each franchise. You must spend at least $20M on pitchers from each franchise. Years 1901-2014 only.Other Specifics

Season: 1901-2014
DH: No

WW: No

AAA: No

Trades: No

Clones: No

Injuries: Turned On

Live: Not allowed

Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)

Can’t Move or Can’t Catch, $70M
Which type of defensive player is preferable? A player who can get to everything, but makes a ton of errors or a guy who can’t move, but makes the plays when he can get to the ball? Maybe the answer depends on the position. That’s the basis for this theme. Every position player on your roster must have EITHER a range factor of D+ or worse (Can’t Move) OR a fielding rating of D+ or worse (Can’t Catch). This applies to the player’s primary position and all his secondary positions. You can include both types of players (Can’t Move and Can’t Catch) on your roster. However, you cannot roster a multi-position player where one position qualifies as “Can’t Move” and another qualifies as “Can’t Catch”. The Theme League Wizard won’t allow it. Pitchers can have any defensive rating.

For example:

1991 Bobby Bonilla has three positions 1B (A+/D-), 3B (D+/B-) and OF (B+/D-). He is not eligible to be rostered since he’s a “Can’t Catch” 3B and a “Can’t Move” 1B and OF.

1989 Bobby Bonilla has three positions 1B (D-/A+), 3B (D+/A+) and OF (D-/B-). Here, all three positions qualify as Can’t Catch, so he is eligible to be rostered.Other Specifics

Season: All
DH: No

WW: No

AAA: No

Trades: No

Clones: No

Injuries: Turned On

Live: Not allowed

Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)

Clone Hitter & Teammates (w/DH), $100MThis is a similar to a theme used last year, except instead of cloning a pitcher, you must clone a hitter. You can clone any position player as many times as you like (must use at least two versions of a player). The rest of your roster can be filled with teammates of your clones (i.e., same seasons). The more clones you use, the more teammates you have access to. A pitcher who is a clone of your cloned position player (i.e., Rick Ankiel) maybe rostered, but only once and is not part of the teammate equation. Seasons 1920-2014 only. There will be a 300K exception (any <300K player from the seasons of your clones may be used).

Other Specifics

Season: 1920-2014
DH: Yes

WW: No

AAA: No

Trades: No

Clones: No

Injuries: Turned On

Live: Not allowed

Multi-team players: No restrictions (i.e., you can use partial or combined)

Ballpark: Must use a park one of your clones played in.

300K Exception: You may use any <300K player from any of your clone seasons.